Based on first day sales, 50 Cent‘s Before I Self Destruct is projected to sell between 150,000 and 160,000 units in its first week.
The projection, courtesy of hitsdailydouble.com, prognosticates by far the lowest debut numbers for a 50 Cent album. The rapper’s previous three albums – Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2002), The Massacre (2004) and Curtis(2007) – debuted at 872,000, 1.15 million and 695,000 uniits sold, respectively.
The album was originally set for release on November 23, but was pushed up to November 16 because it leaked online last month.
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Although 150,000 is a solid sales figure in the current industry climate, the number is dwarfed other similarly anticipated Hip Hop releases this year. Eminem‘s Relapsesold over 600,000 its first week, and Jay-Z‘s Blueprint 3moved over 475,000 units in its debut.
Interscope Records, the label on which the album was released, was reached for comment, but hasn’t responded.
